linux-kernel - Re: I need help with a sparse warning

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Message-ID: <48C9DCF4.7000604@lwfinger.net>
Date:	Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:07:32 -0500
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
CC:	Steven Noonan <steven@...inklabs.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: I need help with a sparse warning

Roland Dreier wrote:
>  > This one gets rid of the sparse warning.
>  > 
>  >        priv->rx_mtu = le16_to_cpu((__le16 __force)
>  >                                   bootrec->data[10]);
> 
> Yes but does it actually work on both big and little endian systems?
> (See my previous email)

I don't know, but as my previous email stated, the code could not 
possibly have worked on a big-endian system before I started the 
sparse cleanup. I don't have access to anything but little-endian 
hardware.

Larry
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